Thomas Houston
Thomas Houston(c. 1777– 27 December 1803), although born inIreland,was considered aTynesidepoet/songwriter.
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Houston was aTynesidebased poet/songwriter, who, according to the information given byW & T Fordyce (publishers)on page 233 inThe Tyne Songsterpublished in 1840, has the poem or song "Mary Drew" attributed to his name. He was a native ofIrelandand was, by trade, abrassfounder.
In a brief biography in the same book, he is also credited with writing a play "The Term-day, or Unjust Steward" and several poems, odes and songs including "The progress of Madness" and "A Race to Hell", the latter portraying two notorious characters infamous inNewcastleat the time.
An entry in "Local Records or Historical Register of Remarkable Events Volume 2", edited by John Sykes (and Thomas Fordyce) published in 1833,[1]appears under "1803 - December 27 -" and states "Died in the Infirmary at Newcastle, Thomas Houston, brass founder, aged 26 years... He was interred in the burial ground belonging to the Infirmary"
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- ^Newcastle-upon-Tyne.), John Sykes (of (14 July 1833)."Local Records: Or, Historical Register of Remarkable Events, which Have Occurred in Northumberland and Durham, Newcastle Upon Tyne, and Berwick Upon Tweed, from the Earliest Period of Authentic Record, to the Present Time; with Biographical Notices of Deceased Persons of Talent, Eccentricity, and Longevity".Printed for, and sold by, J. Sykes.Retrieved14 July2020– via Google Books.
- Welford, Richard (1895).Men of Mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed.London: Walter Scott,ltd. p.575.Retrieved2 November2012.
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